---
name: "Bernard Cribbins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernard-cribbins"
fi1m_id: "bernard-cribbins"
imdb_id: "nm0187754"
tmdb_id: 40943
wikidata_id: "Q822377"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 December 1928"
died: "27 July 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T16:38:14.333265+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bernard Cribbins

## Identity

Bernard Cribbins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernard-cribbins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernard-cribbins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0187754
- **TMDB ID:** 40943
- **Wikidata ID:** Q822377
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Cribbins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q822377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40943

Actor. Born 29 December 1928 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. Died 27 July 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 December 1928, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Died:** 27 July 2022
- **Active:** 1967–1975
- **Also known as:** Bernard Joseph Cribbins, Бернард Криббинс, Бернар Криббинс
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 50 (1), 1970s 90 (1), 2000s 85 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Cribbins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q822377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40943

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Would I Lie to You?*](https://film.one/tv/would-i-lie-to-you.md) (85)

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## Biography

Bernard Cribbins was an English actor and singer. He was born Bernard Joseph Cribbins on 29 December 1928 in Derker, Lancashire, and died on 27 July 2022 in Watford, Hertfordshire.

Cribbins appeared in films including *Frenzy* (1972) as Felix Forsythe, *The Railway Children* (1970) as Albert Perks and *Casino Royale* (1967). On television he played Mr Hutchinson in *Fawlty Towers* (1975) and Wilfred Mott in *Doctor Who* (2007–2010). He provided the narration for *The Wombles* (1973–1975) and appeared as a guest on *Would I Lie to You?* (2010). His career spanned eight decades from the 1940s until 2022. He was appointed OBE.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Fawlty Towers* (1975), Fi1m 90, as Mr. Hutchinson — [page](https://film.one/tv/fawlty-towers.md)
- *Casino Royale* (1967), Fi1m 50, as Taxi Driver — [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale-1967.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Would I Lie to You?* (2007), Fi1m 85, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/would-i-lie-to-you.md)

## Complete filmography (105)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Looking for Lennie* (2019), Actor
- *Patrick* (2018), as Albert
- *The Wombles* (2016), series, Actor
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (2016), as Snout
- *Old Jack's Boat: Rockpool Tales* (2015), series, as Old Jack
- *Salty's Waggy Tales* (2013), series, as Old Jack
- *Old Jack's Boat* (2013), series, as Old Jack
- *CBeebies Presents: Jack And The Beanstalk* (2012), as Narrator
- *A Fantastic Fear of Everything* (2012), as The Voice (voice)
- *Run For Your Wife* (2012), as Hospital Patient
- *Doctor Who: The End of Time* (2010), as Wilfred Mott
- *The National Television Awards Backstage Live* (2010), series, Actor
- *Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley* (2009), as Alderney / Orinoco / Wellington (voice)
- *Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned* (2007), as Wilfred Mott
- *The Children's Party at the Palace* (2006), as Station Guard
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Wilfred Mott — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The Funny Blokes of British Comedy* (2005), as Mr. Hutchinson (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Celebrity Mastermind* (2003), series, Actor
- *Blackball* (2003), as Mutley
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Duggie Wingate — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Dennis the Menace and Gnasher* (1996), series, as Katzenburger (voice)
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Uncle Henry
- *I, Lovett* (1993), series, as Snowman (voice)
- *Carry On Columbus* (1992), as Mordecai Mendoza
- *Tonight at 8.30* (1991), series, as Mr. Wadhurst
- *Bertie the Bat* (1990), series, as Narrator
- *Customers From Hell* (1989), Actor
- *Noel's Saturday Roadshow* (1988), series, Actor
- *Stories of the Sylvanian Families* (1988), as Narrator
- *Stories of the Sylvanian Families* (1988), series, as Narrator
- *When We Are Married* (1987), as Herbert Soppitt
- *Daytime Live* (1987), series, Actor
- *Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood* (1987), as Job (archive footage)
- *High & Dry* (1987), series, as Ron Archer
- *Langley Bottom* (1986), series, as Seth Raven · Creator
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1985), series, as Mock Turtle
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1985), as Mock Turtle (voice)
- *Super Gran* (1985), series, as Officer P. Brain
- *Moschops* (1983), series, as Narrator
- *Cuffy* (1983), series, as Cuffy
- *It's Your Move* (1982), as Neighbour
- *Shillingbury Tales* (1981), series, as Cuffy
- *Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective* (1981), as Dangerous Davies
- *Round Robin* (1979), Actor
- *The Plank* (1979), as House painter
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Charlie Krebs
- *Worzel Gummidge* (1979), series, as Jolly Jack
- *The Water Babies* (1978), as Mr. Masterman / Voice of Eel
- *The Adventures of Picasso* (1978), as Gertrude Stein / Narrator (voice)
- *Play Safe* (1978), as Robin (voice)
- *That's Carry On!* (1977), as Agent Harold Crump / Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker (archive footage)
- *The Country Wife* (1977), as Pinchwife
- *James and the Giant Peach* (1976), as Centipede
- *Night Ferry* (1976), as Pyramid
- *Tell Me Another* (1976), series, as Guest
- *Star Turn* (1976), series, Actor
- *Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings* (1976), series, Actor
- *Great Big Groovy Horse* (1975), as The Storyteller
- *More Awkward Customers* (1975), as Awkward Customer: Mr. Clam
- *Fawlty Towers* (1975), series, as Mr. Hutchinson — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/fawlty-towers.md)
- *Space: 1999* (1975), series, as Captain Michael
- *Last of the Summer Wine* (1973), series, as Gavin Hinchcliffe
- *Frenzy* (1972), as Felix Forsythe
- *Get The Drift* (1971), series, Actor
- *The Railway Children* (1970), as Albert Perks
- *Cribbins* (1969), series, as Creator
- *'G.I.G.O Garbage In, Garbage Out' Computer History - A British View* (1969), Actor
- *Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River* (1968), as Fred Davies
- *Ooh La La!* (1968), series, Actor
- *Casino Royale* (1967), as Taxi Driver — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale-1967.md)
- *A Ghost of a Chance* (1967), as Ron
- *Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.* (1966), as Tom Campbell
- *The Sandwich Man* (1966), as Photographer
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Pinchwife
- *You Must Be Joking* (1965), as Sergeant Clegg
- *Cup Fever* (1965), as Policeman
- *She* (1965), as Job
- *The Bargain* (1965), Actor
- *A Home of Your Own* (1964), as The Stonemason
- *The Counterfeit Constable* (1964), as Bob, l'agent 202
- *Carry On Spying* (1964), as Agent Harold Crump
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Larry
- *Carry On Jack* (1964), as Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker
- *Crooks in Cloisters* (1964), as Squirts McGinty
- *The Mouse on the Moon* (1963), as Vincent Mountjoy
- *The Wrong Arm of the Law* (1963), as Nervous O'Toole
- *The Fast Lady* (1962), as Man on Stretcher (uncredited)
- *The Girl on the Boat* (1962), as Peters
- *The Best of Enemies* (1961), as Col. Brownlow
- *Nothing Barred* (1961), as Newspaperman
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Ernest Skinner, Henry Hutchins
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Arkwright, Bradley Marler — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *Visa to Canton* (1960), as Pereira
- *Two-Way Stretch* (1960), as Lennie Price
- *The World of Suzie Wong* (1960), as Otis
- *Sunday-Night Play* (1960), series, as Lord Fancourt Babberley
- *International Detective* (1959), series, as Pasquale
- *Tommy the Toreador* (1959), as Paco
- *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, as Sid
- *Make Mine a Million* (1959), as Jack
- *Dunkirk* (1958), as Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)
- *Davy* (1958), as Stage Hand (uncredited)
- *Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst* (1957), as Able Seaman James Bryson
- *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as Kiki Reger
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Charlie Baker, Honeybone

## Gallery

- ![Bernard Cribbins during the filming of the CBeebies show Old Jack's Boat. Cropped from https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staithes_MMB_24_Old_Jack%27s_Bo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/388192/gallery-eb8b094e833e.jpg) Bernard Cribbins during the filming of the CBeebies show Old Jack's Boat. Cropped from https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staithes_MMB_24_Old_Jack%27s_Bo (2012) — mattbuck (category)

Adjusted by Humbledaisy., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Bernard_new.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bernard Cribbins](https://film.one/media/person/388192/gallery-03751be254f5.jpg) Bernard Cribbins — Brian Minkoff London Pixels, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Bernard_Cribbins_in_2015.jpg/1280px-Bernard_Cribbins_in_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![A BBC camera crew filming for the new CBeebies show "Old Jack's Boat", starring Doctor Who alumni Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) and Bernard Cribbins (Wilfred Mo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/388192/gallery-8289339c16a4.jpg) A BBC camera crew filming for the new CBeebies show "Old Jack's Boat", starring Doctor Who alumni Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) and Bernard Cribbins (Wilfred Mo (2012) — mattbuck (category)

Adjusted by JMiall., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Staithes_MMB_20C_Old_Jack%27s_Boat_-_Bernard_Cribbins.jpg/1280px-Staithes_MMB_20C_Old_Jack%27s_Boat_-_Bernard_Cribbins.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photograph of Susie Silvey with Bernard Cribbins during filming of Cuffy (1980)](https://film.one/media/person/388192/gallery-bc0eb68f8704.jpg) Photograph of Susie Silvey with Bernard Cribbins during filming of Cuffy (1980) — Jack1956, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Silvey-bernard-cribbens.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bernard Cribbins](https://film.one/media/person/388192/gallery-d7c714c49c55.jpg) Bernard Cribbins — Image via TMDB
- ![A BBC camera crew filming for the new CBeebies show "Old Jack's Boat", starring Doctor Who alumni Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) and Bernard Cribbins (Wilfred Mo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/388192/gallery-cf57a73467b6.jpg) A BBC camera crew filming for the new CBeebies show "Old Jack's Boat", starring Doctor Who alumni Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) and Bernard Cribbins (Wilfred Mo (2012) — mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Staithes_MMB_22_Old_Jack%27s_Boat.jpg/1280px-Staithes_MMB_22_Old_Jack%27s_Boat.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![A BBC camera crew filming for the new CBeebies show "Old Jack's Boat", starring Doctor Who alumni Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) and Bernard Cribbins (Wilfred Mo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/388192/gallery-71c79eff6b42.jpg) A BBC camera crew filming for the new CBeebies show "Old Jack's Boat", starring Doctor Who alumni Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) and Bernard Cribbins (Wilfred Mo (2012) — mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Staithes_MMB_24_Old_Jack%27s_Boat.jpg/1280px-Staithes_MMB_24_Old_Jack%27s_Boat.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Officer of the Order of the British Empire 2011: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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